Tuesday, January 24, 2017

The set up for the Doctor Strange premiere was a little
weird. They were using both the TCL
Chinese Theatre and the El Capitan Theatre was used for overflow. The sidewalk was split with two lines of
barricades to create a small “fan area.”
I arrived about 10 minutes after they closed off the fan area, but
security allowed us to lineup along the back barricades, but we had to have our
bags checked in order to stand there.

Press entering the red carpet area

I got some really good pictures, but the ones I managed to
take of Benedict Cumberbatch weren’t very good.
I happened to be directly behind autograph hunters so large boards kept
blocking my shots. Those people don’t
stay in place, either, and they would move along as the stars made their way
down the line.

Doctor Strange Director: Scott Derrickson

Benedict Wong

Mads Mikkelson

Stan Lee

Tilda Swinton

Guardians of the Galaxy Director: James Gunn

Benedict Cumberbatch

Chadwick Boseman

Rachel McAdams

Near the end of the arrivals, I saw Karl Urban arrive, but
he didn’t come across to where the fans were and was rushing towards the
theater.

Karl Urban

I loved Doctor Strange, which I’ll write more about in my
post from the advance screening I attended as part of Entertainment Weekly’s
PopFest.